LETTER: You had to travel to find Twinkies in 1975

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Nov 23, 2012 at 12:01 AM

Frances VinsonTuscaloosa

Dear Editor: I came to Alabama in 1975 from Michigan. Much to my surprise I couldn’t buy Hostess products here. When I went to Mississippi or Tennessee, I bought up a supply for the freezer.I never liked Twinkies, but my children did. I decided it was because of the competition that it would give Flowers Bakery. Aside from that product, I couldn’t buy Tennessee Pride sausage either. In the late 1990s, finally, I could buy all these foods. I don’t know what changed. However, in the 1950s, while living in Corning, N.Y., Hostess products weren’t sold there either. I imported them from Michigan while living in New York!This observation is just a history lesson for others.

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